The America We Knew: September 1969

[@davek5027]

1969 was the fateful year that comic books went From 12¢ to 15¢! It was an outrage! My 8 year old friends and I were up in arms for months over that price raise. Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Fred.

[@ApothecaryGrant]

77 for me ..,25¢ to 30¢to 35¢ !!!

[@ApothecaryGrant]

I drew a line when they got to 75¢ .

[@teel714]

"Get Together" is one of my favorite songs ever since I heard it on the radio back then. I wish that I kept the PowerPoint presentation I did for a media class I was taking. We had to cover a decade for a 5 minute presentation and mine featured that song as my background music.

[@tperk]

Based on this video, this particular month must have marked my lifetime peak for television viewing. I was starting 5th grade, had watched every unexpected event that marked the previous year, followed the coverage of the first moon landing, and read every article in the the fall TV Guide issue with the aim of watching every show listed. Beginning at the end of the year, I started to notice there was a whole world out there that had nothing to do with television and gradually stopped watching it.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

I remember those old commercials takes me back.

[@bobcarter6869]

Thank you Fred for taking me back in time I treasure your videos it's the one thing I look forward to on KZbin

[@pika23]

Wow this was a banner year for tv! Brady bunch,Room 222, Medical Center.... classics!

[@Ij-jan]

Today, I really really wish I could go back in time😢 thanks for the break in reality😊

[@FredFlix]

Hope I was able to help a bit, Jan.

[@Ij-jan]

@ thank you, you did.🙂

[@flicewatter]

Yup

[@merce10554]

Same.

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

I would have turned 11yrs old, Sept 1969. (My b-day is 9/29/58). No, let’s keep moving, persevering and marching FORWARD bcz THE BEST, as a christian and to me, is yet to come. See you in the future🏄🏄🏄🏄🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🎺🎺🎺🎺Maranatha.

[@ordinaryperson1808]

Words can’t describe how much I miss those days… thanks for the upload, Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, OP.

[@azmike1]

These videos really bring back memories. 1969. I was 14. Tried pot for the first time. They come back like a raging fire outta my long-forgotten past. Thank you!

[@phillipmerriman5603]

I got up today wondering about..... Looked at the news and smiled, now I see Fred has posted and it is a great start to the day, thanks for the memories Fred.

[@davidrosler5413]

I have the same kind of feeling. Maybe, just maybe we can see a modern-day replay of the same kind of days we grew up with in loved.

[@josephcisneros9290]

I'm with you on that. Thank God.

[@davidrosler5413]

@@josephcisneros9290 we're thinking the same things because of last night

[@bettyir4302]

The storm clouds have gone and it is a lovely relaxing bright sunny quiet peaceful day. A nice few moments of going back to our childhoods.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Phillip.

[@mikedrown2721]

I turned 23 years old in 1969😊

[@judyjones5089]

Thanks as always, Mr.Fred!! I was starting the tenth grade, - & geometry! It was the bane of my existence until the "light bulb went off," and everything started to click.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Judy. If you were lucky like me, you didn't have to learn calculus.

[@LimitlessThinker]

This was a fun and exciting year. Had lots of cool friends in high school and met such a handsome boyfriend. He was such a gentleman and I still think about him. It was such a great year for music and entertainment. The late 60s and 70s were unique.

[@Tay-z2r]

I believe it

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I was just starting school that very month!

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

Simple fun sitcoms on TV. Songs of peace and harmony on the radio. It was a magic time. Thanks for transporting us back - if only for a short while.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, MW&M.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Thank you Fred, this video was awesome!! You never disappoint 😊

[@FredFlix]

Much appreciated, Bridget.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Thanks for sparking memories of 4th grade Fred. I think a lot if us need memories like that right now.

[@FredFlix]

You said it, Ernest!

[@robertscott2210]

Ahh, the month I started third grade. Never missed an episode of the Archie's if I could help it. So many great programs from back then that can't hold a candle to what's on today. 👍👍👍

[@richardmathew9465]

Third grade, me too, I remember “dark shadows “was all over TV in the afternoon

[@dennisdeleo74]

Another great trip back into FredFlix land…I wasn’t quite 12 years old yet, but I had my first love that year, I fell in love with muscle cars. Thanks Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Dennis.

[@provost5752]

Was 11 months old. I sure miss those times even though I don't remember them.

[@Rippypoo]

At this time, I was in my first month of 6th grade. My teacher's name was Mr. Kenny. He was pretty cool.

[@strothermartin5368]

The Drive-ins I miss them so much 😢

[@Tay-z2r]

Me too

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

THEY WERE….FUN indeed 🍿 🚙

[@strothermartin5368]

@JESUSISLORDFOREVERMORE888 👍

[@peternighswander9629]

Butch Cassidy was the very first movie I saw. It’s one of my top 10 faves

[@waynejeffries4647]

Today I needed to feel good again. This really helped. Thanks a lot. 💙

[@dougmorris9317]

We needed this, thank you Fred. I have to share something silly. All summer they ran promos for the Brady Bunch. I was 8 years old, excited to see it. After the pilot aired, Mom said "Who do they think is going to watch this sh-t?" Dad said "You're looking at them" gesturing at us kids. FYI, I had 2 brothers and 3 sisters, a REAL Bunch. 😂

[@FredFlix]

I was almost 15, so I never got into it. But I understand the appeal.

[@jaygillotti610]

Thanks Fred, We love your videos! I think your NFL Films segments in this video are actually from September, 1970. That is when 'realignment' took place, with the completion of the NFL-AFL Merger. 1970 was Terry Bradshaw's rookie year. Also, the Super Bowl footage is from Super Bowl IV, played in January of 1970.

[@FredFlix]

Yeah, I goofed.

[@revvyhevvy]

Glad that FF was allowed to use that excellent song by Jesse Colin Young and the Youngbloods!

[@michaelrochester48]

Room 222 was one of the finest television shows depicting young people and teachers ever made. It did not seek to make teachers or students clowns but real human beings. I recently got to meet Karen Valentine a couple of weeks ago and I let her know how important her show was to bringing the generations together.

[@merce10554]

Come on people now Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another right now... 🎵🎶🎵 Can't. Not in the mood. Thanks anyway, Fred-ssi. 💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

Neither am I, Mercedes-ssi.

[@merce10554]

​​@@FredFlix Yesss. Gomawo. 👉👈 💜🤟

[@dantheman5745]

8:08 Great stuff, as always, Fred. Unfortunately, this clip was from 1970 not Sep. 1969. Tom Brookshier references the NFL's "new alignment" and rookies like Terry Bradshaw & Rich Caster, both of whom were drafted in the 1970 NFL draft, held on Jan. 27-28, 1970. Additionally, hanging behind Brookshier & Summerall is a yellow Washington Redskins helmet. They only wore that yellow helmet with the "R" on it for the 1970 & 1971 seasons. 8:19 This footage is from Super Bowl IV, which was played January 11, 1970. So they were previewing the upcoming 1970 season, not 1969.

[@FredFlix]

Oops!

[@simplysteve68]

Exactly, as the NFL and AFL merged under the NFL banner and became the NFC and AFC. 👍

[@Rippypoo]

The narrator for the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid trailer sounds just like the voice actor for the robot in Lost In Space.

[@Wolfinger1935]

Good ear... that is definitely Dick Tufeld... the B9 Robot.

[@Rippypoo]

@Wolfinger1935 That's one good thing that I have is my ear. 😆

[@jchow5966]

I remember. WhT a difficult crazy and amazing time. 💟☮️

[@richelliott9320]

I sure miss old David Brinkly. He had a great wit on him

[@RobertR3750]

I remember those TV shows like it was yesterday. And Butch Cassidy. "Sex education" has a very different meaning today, one that I do not care for. '69 was the year we got a color TV. Good stuff, Fred.

[@paullarimore8598]

Lt Calley gave me the shivers

[@goldstandardaviation1667]

Born in 1957. The 60's were great if you were a kid. It sucked to be an adult with the Vietnam War killing hundreds of our fellow Americans each day, multiple public assassinations, rampant discrimination of women and minorities, polluted air and water, and a myriad of other things we kids never knew. I am extremely happy to have been a 1960's child and equally happy being an old fart in 2024. Life is good.

[@luisreyes1963]

That Oldsmobile had the very pushbutton controls that are now standard in today's cars. 🚗 Thanks, FredFlix.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Luis.

[@themagus5906]

Yep; my 2020 Lincoln Corsair has transmission buttons. Still getting used to it.

[@Lightsngear]

TV GUIDE~ the bible of my youth!! (love the listing pages)

[@thewatcher5271]

Yeah, I Was Only 11 In September '69 But So Many Memories & Watching These Videos Stirs Up More ! Thank You. (Like #398 - Comment #107)

[@FredFlix]

Quite welcome, watcher.

[@richardmathew9465]

Wow, the Allegheny commercial jetliner crash 😢terrible

[@antsforall]

The best thing I remember about this month was the introduction of the SCRATCH and SNIFF trading cards. Loved those!

[@Rippypoo]

In the early 70s, I remember reading the book Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice. 🤔

[@NickvonZ]

Just turned 6. Those were the days!

[@stevenoverwood2474]

That month, Sugar Sugar by The Archie's was #1. The only number one by a group that never existed. Also from Butch and Sundance Raindrops... by BJ Thomas would be the first number one song of the 70s.

[@freespeech8996]

Oh, if only I could go back there, the words of wisdom I would tell that five-year-old little girl that was me.

[@stephenr3910]

I was in nursery school.

[@thomashugus5686]

Had just volunteered for the draft. 19 and getting ready for boot camp army style fort Jackson.

[@piranhaowner1967]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank You for Your Service 😊 Stay Safe God Bless You ❤

[@thomashugus5686]

@ I appreciate your kind words. Same!

[@-fz1yg]

Thank You for Your Service. I was 10 years old in 1969. I remember watching Walter Cronkite on the news every evening and he would always tell the daily numbers of wounded, MIA & KIA.

[@thomashugus5686]

@ I appreciate your kind thoughts

[@piranhaowner1967]

@@thomashugus5686 🫡

[@sjdrifter72]

The Beatles' Abbey Road album was released on Friday, September 26, which was the same day The Brady Bunch aired its first episode. Can't believe this video made no mention of that classic tv series.

[@Onteo1]

It showed a tv guide article

[@michaelrochester48]

Susan Anton really didn’t change all that much. I’ve seen recent pictures of her and she still looks great.

[@richardmathew9465]

Those long legs 😊

[@botboy6977]

I was born on the 2nd!

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I remember they made us take typing class in 1975, What ? I'm a guy, I'm not going to need secretary skills, what good is typing. 🤨

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

I was 11 years old (Sept 29, 1969) . 👍🏾👍🏾🌺🏆🏆

[@manofmanyinterests]

I have a kinescope of Captain Kangaroo from 1969, which would have perfectly fit within your video.

[@judyjones5089]

Hey, Fred, KZbin gave me an error message when I tried to reply to your comment about taking calculous - or not. :) The geometry worked out for me after all, but the next year I had to take algebra, and got out of there with the lowest grade in any math I got - a B-minus. Just to let you know, I ended up as a foreign language teacher, as I spoke two fluently.

[@deeceea9488]

2:08 BJ Thomas sings as Paul Newman rides with Katherine Ross on a bicycle. Hmmm Sam Peckinpah had a totally different view of the western in 1969.

[@theskilz00]

September 1969...I started first grade 😊

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

Gee, I wonder if anyone still remembered Woodstock? I mean that happened a month ago. In August of 1969.

[@Lightsngear]

In September of 69 they were still picking up garbage from Yasgar's fields!

[@conradsieber7883]

1969 and even LBJ says of JFK assassination, "others that could have been involved" amazingly candid...

[@eringo-bragh4243]

I could never admit to my friends that I secretly enjoyed Sugar Sugar

[@1208bug]

😊

[@dougbrowne9890]

That secretary putting all that hair spray on in the office had better avoid any smoking. She could have gone up like the Hindenburg. Captain America #117, first Falcon. That book was a dog for decades. Enter in the MCU and it is a $1000 gem. smh Oh my, Natalie Wood. Skinniest woman I ever fell in love with. Lt. Calley, taking it all on the head for My Lai. It was horrific and should have been reported. Funny how the same media barely mentioned all the thousands murdered by the Viet Cong in Hue, during the Tet Offensive. The US kicked the NVA and VC asses during Tet, but you would not know that from the reporting going on at the time. Guess it was at that time MSM learned they could lie to the people and get away with it. Have a great day, Fred.

[@phillipmerriman5603]

Natalie, ooohlala, I felt the same way. There was a lot of press cover up about the Nam, a lot of us knew it at the time.

[@bettyir4302]

@@phillipmerriman5603 Freedom of the press is one thing but freedom to out right lie 24/7 is a whole other thing.

[@FredFlix]

You too, Doug.

[@donnaruckel1627]

Happy again and look forward to the next four years thank the Lord 🎉❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ApothecaryGrant]

I was there but I don’t remember it

[@ApothecaryGrant]

But its not what you think….I was born this year

[@ApothecaryGrant]

I have always looked back to the past because all of my siblings were born in the 50s and I was born 69 . I would hear their stories about the sixties and could not relate

[@bettyir4302]

You know it is Sugar, Sugar on the first note. Nice family tv where you don't have to shield the kids every two seconds.

[@gregggoss2210]

What a great day! The elections are over and Fred sent me some lunchtime entertainment! 🎉🎉🎉. Good grief I wish METV would play Medical Center and Then Came Bronson. I'm about MASH'd out.

[@FredFlix]

Yeah, I don't get the MASH overkill.

[@jamesthomas7405]

Me too I'm sick and tired of MASH and Andy Griffith.

[@Lightsngear]

@@jamesthomas7405 guessing the ratings are giving them reason to think someone's still watching!

[@christineliebke1882]

I was being born..9 /16

[@stanleycostello9610]

John Mitchell. Mr. Law-and-Order. Right.

[@mark-xx1lt]

Thanks Fred for your video. It's always appreciated. Unfortunately 1969 was not the best year in my life. My parents divorced and my dad was arrested by the FBI. There was a few shows, movies, music & walking on the moon that helped make it better. Today was another sad day.

[@asimplehorseman4648]

What a great iconic lead in song. The hair stands up on the back of my neck every time I hear LBJ talk. He was totally in on the JFK termination. Even as kids we knew that if you get from behind you don't fly backwards, "Duh!!" Who "didn't" have a crush on Marlo Thomas? Just sayin(lol). Thanks Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, ASH.

[@elifoust7664]

Great time to be 13.

[@tracyisbest]

7:53 Is this correct here? Seems like this football show is from 1970, not 1969. In '69 the Chiefs hadn't won yet in September. That happened January of '70 and the merger, which was coming, happened in Sep. '70. Stramm up on the shoulders @ 8:44 also not a Sept. '69 happening yet.

[@FredFlix]

I goofed!

[@michaelrochester48]

Dick Cavett was an intellectual and witty alternative to Johnny Carson. Both were superior to anything we have today on late night.

[@peternighswander9629]

He was truly an original

[@FelipeSimmons-zq4qn]

Isn't it ironic that the big 3 automakers were manufacturing appliances, Philco by Ford Motor Company, Frigidaire from General Motors, and Airtemp a product of Chrysler Corporation now Stellantis.

[@endtheliesnow5906]

Great video. Lots of news clips. The video of Dick Cavett. Wow, he so boring....

[@caliden3785]

But he had some amazing guests like Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix. Old timey actors galore.....check it out

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

TRUMP/vance 2024🎉🎉🎉CONGRATULATIONS 🎺🙏🏾💯🧨🥊🥊👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾TRUMP/VANCE 🥂🔥🌺🏆🏆🏆

[@peternighswander9629]

Seriously? Politics has no place here

[@elifoust7664]

America, On Threshold of a Dream

[@luisreyes1963]

14:01 Certainly is…😏

[@gregggoss2210]

That would a great title for an album. And I know the perfect band to do it. The Moody Blues. Do you think I should mention it to them?

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Loved the Dick Cavett part.